Clio - are car comments really a problem?

[Betweentheacts1]

Clio as an alternative to cleo came up on another thread I started. It’s really growing on me but how much of a problem would the car thing be? Any clios out there? Or anyone with a dd clio? Any clios you know?

[ComDummings]

The first thing I thought of was the car. I’ve never seen the name Clio on a person, only Cleo.

[HappyHappyHermit]

I think Clio definitely makes me think of the car, I've only seen the name spelt as Cleo, which I think looks better and personally much prefer.

[AmbushedByCake]

BIL has a DD,.now a teenager, who has a car name. It was a car name then and its a car name now and it will always be a car name. Don't do it.

[nearlyspringyay]

Car.

[Trinacham]

Don't know any but I wouldn't. I immediately thought of the car, but that may be because it is also the only care I've ever owned!

[AlisonDonut]

Well, i assumed this was a car thread as i never go into baby name threads so...yes.

[rnsaslkih]

Yes because Clio is a car and Cleo is a person

[aSofaNearYou]

Why not just call them Cleo?

[Trinacham]

Car*

[toastofthetown]

I don’t think the car connection is an issue and I prefer Clio to Cleo. But then I was one of the posters on the other thread suggesting Clio! Might be worth noting that I have next to no interest in cars though, so it really doesn’t take much for me to override a car connection. There have been around ten babies a year called Clio recently, so clearly the name is useable.

[HSKAT]

Why not just Cleo?

[MinglingFlamingo]

Clio = car
Cleo = lovely name for a girl

[bloominglovelyorange]

Cleo is such a lovely name. I'd stick with that spelling

[CeeceeBloomingdale]

Agree with PPs, Cleo is a lovely name for a baby, Clio is a car.

[Luluuuuuuuuuu85]

Clio is a name in its own right, it's greek. I like it, dh vetoed it because of the car though...

[JimmyShoo]

Aside from the car link which you can’t escape, I would make the assumption you’d heard Cleo but didn’t know how to spell it.

[ElenaSt]

Cleo is lovely.

Clio is naff.

[Johnnysgirl]

It's spelt Cleo. You're already assuming people will make the connection with the car, why would you even consider spelling it that way?!

[ErrolTheDragon]

@ElenaSt

Cleo is lovely.

Clio is naff.

I suppose Cleo is originally from cleopatra (meaning glory of her father) whereas Clio was the Greek Muse of history. Tbh I'd have said the latter was lovelier.

But the car connection has spoilt it.

[toastofthetown]

I find it strange so many people are saying Cleo is a name, Clio is a car. Octavia is a car. Mercedes is a car. They are also names.

And if something thinks that Clio is a misspelling then that’s on them. It’s not a reason to avoid a (correctly spelled) name.

[anniegun]

Why would you name a child after a car?

[DogsAndGin]

It’s a car.

[Suprima]

Clio is one of the muses to me, not a car. The car is named after the muse.

[ErrolTheDragon]

@Suprima

Clio is one of the muses to me, not a car. The car is named after the muse.

Yes, but as this thread unfortunately proves, a lot of people don't know that.

[SoManyTshirts]

Car. I’ve never met a person called Clio, but I once met a woman called Cortina. It’s stuck in mind for over 30 years - she said it was a ‘location of conception name’. (reference The Likely Lads, for any other elderly mnetters)